The Pagosa Springs High School Pirate track and field teams took part in two meets in four days, with multiple school records being set at the second meet and a number of Pirates setting new personal records (PRs).
Bayfield Invitational #2
On Wednesday, April 17, the Pirate teams were in action at the Bayfield Invitational #2.
“We had a really successful meet in Bayfield on Wednesday,” coach Connie O’Donnell wrote in an email to The SUN on April 22.
Colton Lucero won the 100-meter dash at the event, running a time of 11.37 seconds. Blake Laner followed in fourth with a time of 11.78 seconds, and Harley Armijo took sixth with a time of 11.94 seconds.
“Colton Lucero is having a great year in sprints and jumps,” O’Donnell highlights. “He ran a PR in the 100 in Bayfield. I think it is very possible for him to own our school record before he graduates. He is a solid leader in our sprint relays. His start out of blocks is fast and he helps our relays to keep getting faster.”
In the 200-meter dash, Creede Dozier finished sixth with a time of 24.24 seconds, and Gavin Carter followed in seventh with a time of 24.32 seconds.
Miles Baker took fifth in the 400-meter dash with a time of 57.44 seconds, while Jeremiah Dean took ninth in 59.35 seconds and Jacob Castaneda finished 10th in 59.92 seconds.
Jesse Beck took third in the 800-meter run with a time of 2 minutes, 17.86 seconds, and Jackson Chaney finished 11th in 2:45.54.
In the 1,600-meter run, Beck took seventh in 5:29.60. Connor Thomas finished ninth in 5:42.82. Baker finished 16th in 7:14.70.
Trevor Faber finished fifth in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 13:20.48, while Eli Nehring finished seventh in 13:48.61.
Cole Harper took fifth in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 17.49 seconds. Jaxten Schiel finished 10th in 20.12 seconds. Tristan Frame finished 14th in 22.31 seconds.
“Cole Harper ran a PR in the 110 hurdles,” O’Donnell wrote. “He is a senior who is out for track for the first time and learned to hurdle just a few weeks ago. His time made our school’s top ten list.”
Harper took sixth in the 300-meter hurdles in 45.61 seconds, with Frame finishing 19th in 55.11 seconds.
The Pirate relay team of Lucero, Dozier, Armijo and Laner took first in the 4x100-meter relay with a time of 44.34 seconds.
The Pirate team of Lucero, Carter, Armijo and Laner took first in the 4x200-meter relay with a time of 1:33.95.
The 4x400-meter relay team — Baker, Jacob Castaneda, Jeremiah Jones and Jesse Beck — took second with a time of 3:58.25.
The Pirates had three place in the top five in the high jump, with Dozier taking second with a height of 6 feet, 2 inches, Jones taking third with a height of 5-10 and Schiel finishing fifth with a height of 5-6.
“While our school high jump record might be a bit tough to get at 6-10, he is inching closer to our school long jump record every meet,” O’Donnell wrote of Dozier.
Dozier won the long jump with a distance of 21-2.5. Colton Lucero followed in second with a jump of 20-9. Schiel placed sixth with a jump of 18-9.75.
Schiel also finished sixth in the triple jump, logging a distance of 34-8.25. Frame finished ninth with a distance of 31-8.
Aidan Vega finished 17th in the discus with a throw of 77-9, with Emile Schneider followed in 18th with a distance of 74-7.
Schneider took 21st in the shot put with a throw of 25-10, while Vega finished 23rd with a throw of 25-4.
The Lady Pirates also logged a number of top-10 finishes on the day.
Rylie Carr won the 100 with a time of 12.93 seconds, with Sienna Rose following in second in 13.23 seconds and Annabelle Parker finishing third in 13.49 seconds.
Elissa Mars finished fourth in the 200 with a time of 29.98 seconds. Hadley Phillips took seventh with a time of 31.24 seconds.
Annie O’Donnell won the 400 with a time of 1:03.57. Rose followed in second in 1:04.18.
In the 800, Madisen Stretton took eighth with a time of 3:06.78, while Jayslynn Perea took ninth in 3:10.36.
Stretton took third in the 1,600, logging a time of 6:42.54. Charlotte Duranton placed fourth in 6:53.35. Perea took ninth in 7:47.74.
Duranton won the 3,200 with a time of 14:35.12. Honestye Sweet took third with a time of 15:03.41.
Kylie Ketchum took second in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 18.14 seconds. Mars took eighth in 20.32 seconds, and Eden Conner finished 11th in 22.16 seconds.
Ketchum also took second in the 300 hurdles, finishing with a time of 53.42 seconds. Conner again took 11th, logging a time of 1:01.01.
The 4x100 relay team of Rose, Lexi Campbell, Parker and Carr won with a time of 51.35 seconds.
The same team won the 4x200 relay, finishing with a time of 1:54.14.
The 800-meter sprint medley team of Trinity Angle, Neveah Evans, Hayden Peterson and Marlowe Hedgecock finished third with a time of 2:07.26.
The 4x400 relay team — Annie O’Donnell, Carr, Adelyn Hittle and Rose — took first with a time of 4:24.91.
Jordan Lindstrom won the high jump with a height of 5-0, with Ketchum following in third with a height of 4-10 and Annie O’Donnell taking fourth with a height of 4-8.
With a jump of 14-7, Mars finished third in the long jump, with Campbell following in fourth with a distance of 14-6.
Campbell won the triple jump with a distance of 33-4. Lindstrom took fourth with a distance of 30-0.
Abigail Nehring won the discus and the shot put, with a throw of 116-9 in the discus and 30-0.5 in the shot put.
The coach notes the discus throw was a PR for the Lady Pirate, adding, “She is throwing 13 feet farther than last year and will continue to improve each week.”
Laykyn Baxstrom finished 14th in both events, throwing a distance of 61-0 in the discus and 22-9 in the shot put.
Ron Keller Invitational
“It can be really hard to turn around and repeat that success only 3 days later in Durango. Some of our jumps and sprints were not as good on Saturday, but that was very much expected after our meet on Wednesday,” the coach notes.
However, multiple school records were set on the day, with Carr breaking her own record in the 200 and the Lady Pirate 4x100 team — Parker, Rose, Campbell and Carr — breaking the record set last season.
Carr also won the 100 with a time of 13.18 seconds and was followed by Rose in third with a time of 13.62 seconds. Parker finished fourth in 13.90 seconds. Peterson took 16th in 15.21 seconds. Evans finished 18th in 15.25 seconds.
In addition to breaking her own record, Carr took first in the 200 with a time of 26.12 seconds.
Seven other Lady Pirates also took part in the 200: Annie O’Donnell followed in sixth in 28.48 seconds, Hittle finished 12th in 29.74 seconds, Peterson finished 20th in 31.45 seconds, Evans followed in 21st in 31.49 seconds, Phillips took 22nd in 31.62 seconds, Faith Domingo finished 32nd in 34.09 seconds and Skyler Morton finished 33rd in 34.49 seconds.
Annie O’Donnell took second in the 400 with a time of 1:01.22, with the coach noting she is chasing a school record.
“Annie O’Donnell is chasing a school record in the 400,” Connie O’Donnell wrote. “She improved her time on Saturday in Durango against a very competitive Alamosa athlete. She also placed in the 200 and earned herself a spot on our 4 x 2 relay.”
Rose followed in third in the event with a time of 1:02.22, Hittle took 13th in 1:08.42, Phillips finished 17th in 1:14.21 and Alia Hibbert finished 23rd in 1:34.47.
Three Lady Pirates competed in the 800: Sweet finished 11th with a time of 3:03.26, Lucia Rivera finished 16th in 3:23.57 and Gwendolyn Tyler took 18th in 4:04.19.
Four took part in the 1,600, with Stretton taking third with a time of 6:34.82, Rivera finishing eighth in 6:50.06, Tyler following in ninth in 8:08.03 and Sweet finishing 10th in 8:33.75.
Duranton finished fourth in the 3,200 with a time of 13:57.42, with Smith following in eighth in 15:10.47.
“Charlotte Duranton ran a PR in the 3200 in Durango and managed to shave off 35 seconds from the Wednesday meet in Durango,” the coach highlights.
Mars led the Lady Pirates with a sixth-place finish in the 100 hurdles, logging a time of 18.81 seconds. Ketchum followed in ninth in 19.25 seconds, and Conner took 17th in 21.92 seconds.
Ketchum finished fifth in the 300 hurdles in 53.04 seconds. Conner finished 12th in 1:02.33.
The 4x100 relay team finished first in 51.83 seconds to claim the school record.
The 4x200 relay team also took first, logging a time of 1:49.36.
The 800-meter sprint medley team finished third in 2:16.21.
The 4x800 team finished fourth with a time of 12:51.61.
Lindstrom led the Lady Pirates in the high jump with a height of 4-11, which landed her in third. Ketchum and Annie O’Donnell finished fourth and fifth, respectively, with heights of 4-9. Morton finished 15th with a height of 4-1.
Seven Lady Pirates took part in the long jump, with Mars finishing fourth with a jump of 14-5.5, Campbell finishing seventh with a distance of 14-4, Lindstrom taking ninth with a jump of 13-2.5, Angle taking 10th with a distance of 13-1, Hedgecock finishing 11th with a distance of 13-0.75, Peterson finishing 14th with a distance of 12-5 and Evans finishing 26th with a jump of 11-4.
Campbell won the triple jump with a distance of 33-0.25. Lindstrom, with a distance of 28-6.5, finished eighth, and Dawson Iverson took 20th with a distance of 24-7.75.
Abigail Nehring again won the discus, this time with a throw of 110-4.
She took seventh in the shot put with a distance of 27-7.5. Morton finished 17th with a throw of 23-11.75, and Parker Frame threw a distance of 20-9 to finish 25th.
Ten Pirates ran in the 100: Lucero took third with a time of 11.56 seconds, Laner finished 8th in 11.91 seconds, Dozier took 12th in 11.96 seconds, Carter finished 15th in 12.08 seconds, Armijo finished 18th in 12.19 seconds, Dean took 34th in 12.78 seconds, Jerry Su finished 43rd in 13.03 seconds, Jonathan Baker finished 50th in 13.28 seconds, Jonathan Rodriguez took 53rd in 13.52 seconds and Ryder King finished 54th in 13.57 seconds.
In the 200, Laner led the Pirates with a fifth-place finish after logging a time of 23.59 seconds. Armijo followed in eighth with a time of 24.31 seconds, Carter took ninth with a time of 24.44 seconds, Dean finished 18th in 25.54 seconds, Castaneda took 23rd in 26.02 seconds, Truman Vasek finished 26th in 26.17 seconds, Baker finished 29th in 26.42 seconds, Su finished 34th in 27.24 seconds, King followed in 35th in 27.40 seconds and Thomas finished 36th in 27.64 seconds.
Baker finished 11th in the 400 with a time of 56.20 seconds — a new PR, according to the coach.
Beck followed in 15th in 57.56 seconds, Castaneda finished 17th in 58.93 seconds, Thomas took 19th in 1:00.94, Leo Dennis finished 23rd in 1:03.10, and Eli Nehring finished 32nd in 1:07.01.
Beck finished 10th in the 800, running a time of 2:17.87. Faber finished 25th in 2:39.74. Eli Nehring finished 28th in 2:50.17 seconds.
Faber finished 25th in the 1,600 with a time of 5:56.34.
Baker took third in the 3,200, running a time of 11:28.66.
“Miles Baker ran to a PR in the 400. He spent previous years as a sprinter/jumper,” Connie O’Donnell explains. “After a switch from football to cross country, he is really showing potential as a distance runner. He is now on our school top ten list in the 3200.”
Thomas followed in fourth with a time of 12:07.69. Eli Nehring finished 15th with a time of 13:52.21.
In the 110 hurdles, Harper finished ninth in 18.79 seconds, with Schiel following in 10th in 20.26 seconds, Jones finishing 12th in 20.42 seconds and Tristan Frame finishing 15th in 21.93 seconds.
Harper finished sixth in the 300 hurdles, logging a time of 46.28 seconds. Tristan Frame took 16th in 53.99 seconds.
The 4x100 relay team took first with a time of 44.36 seconds.
The 4x200 also took first, finishing with a time of 1:34.08.
Dozier and Jones finished fourth and fifth in the high jump, respectively, with heights of 5-11. Schiel finished eighth with a height of 5-5, Vasek finished 10th with a height of 5-3 and Milo Dietemeyer finished 13th with a height of 5-1.
Dozier took second in the long jump with a distance of 20-2. Lucero followed in fifth with a jump of 19-8. Schiel took eighth with a distance of 19-5.25. Dean finished ninth with a jump of 18-3. Jones followed in 10th with a jump of 17-8.5. Dietemeyer finished 14th with a distance of 16-10.25.
In the triple jump, Schiel finished fourth with a distance of 35-4, and Tristan Frame finished seventh with a distance of 31-3.5.
Vega finished 14th in the discus with a throw of 82-5 and finished 16th in the shot put with a throw of 28-8.
Up next
This week, the Pirate teams will take part in the Intermountain League (IML) meet in Alamosa.
“The good news is that we only have one meet this week,” Connie O’Donnell wrote.
The coach notes that winning events at the IML meet is the only way to earn all-conference honors.
“We are planning on running a loaded sprint medley and changing up the girls sprint relays just a bit to see what happens,” she wrote of the teams’ plans for the meet.
Action is set to begin at 9 a.m.
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